== Geeta Dutt (1930-72) == Aka Geeta Roy. Singer born in Faridpur (now Bangladesh). Trained under composer Hanuman Prasad who launched her in Bhakta Prahlad (1946). First major hit in [[Filmistan]] production Do Bhai (1947) where, to [[S.D. Burman]]’s music, she sang Mera sundar sapna. Although an orthodox rendition compared with her later work, it pioneered a move away from the ghazal-inflected folk style inherited from the studio era represented by e.g. Amirbai Karnataki or by Shamshad Begum’s [[Pancholi]] songs. She had hits in [[Jogan]] (1950), composed by [[Bulo C. Rani]] (e.g. Ghunghat ke pat khole re) and [[Anarkali]] (1953), but is best remembered for her [[Guru Dutt]] films (she was married to the director) like [[Baazi]] (1951: she introduced a crooning style with her hit Tadbir se bigdi here), [[Mr and Mrs ’55]] (1955), Pyaasa (1957), [[Kaagaz Ke Phool]] (1959) and [[Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam]] (1962). The songs of these films remain among the biggest successes in post-Independence Hindi cinema. [[Music]]